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Android Oreo
“A sweet little OS that kept your battery alive longer than most of us keep New Years resolutions.”
“It powered your GPS and your dashboard; you never saw it, and it never complained.”
Windows Embedded Compact 7 arrived on March 1, 2011, the seventh major release of Microsoft's Windows Embedded CE line — a real-time OS that lived entirely apart from the Windows NT family. It was built for the machines you never thought about: industrial controllers, digital cameras, GPS units, and car infotainment systems, running happily across x86, SH, and ARM processors. Developers appreciated that it shared its
True to its unassuming nature, it never demanded a send-off; it simply reached its end in 2021, ten years after launch. It leaves behind a decade of gadgets and dashboards that hummed along on its real-time kernel, most users none the wiser. A quiet worker's quiet retirement — no funeral required, just a nod of respect.
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“A sweet little OS that kept your battery alive longer than most of us keep New Years resolutions.”
“Rode cheaper than a coffee and never once blamed traffic on the schedule.”
“Born for a birthday, gone by spring: Mario never overstayed a party.”